Managing Education and Individual Training Liene Liepina Head of Military Education and Science Division Personnel Development Department Ministry of Defence, Latvia 03.03.2016. Tirana, Albania
Education & Individual Training Individual E&T Education Individual Training Basic Training Career Courses Qualification Courses
Training Requirements Political guidance Lessons learned, performance gaps Standards & STANAGs National Classification of Occupations (Group «0» - Armed Forces, classification based on ranks), ISCO standard Classification of Military Occupations (classification based on profession) Job descriptions (experience, education, career and qualification courses required/desirable)
«Universal soldier» vs. professional Shift towards professionalism, but the «equilibrium point» has to be found Challenges agile environment, need for proactive changes in structure; pressure to develop capabilities rapidly; increase in presonnel; number of soldiers (5000); rotation (officers have to be transferred to new positions every 5 years); resources invested in E&IT
Current Projects E&IT system classification of Military Occupations developing the career pathways for every profession/discipline (framework of qualifications) developing standard job descriptions Education reviewing cadets education programmes (new generation of warfare vs. requirements for officers) exploring new opportunities for cadets’ mobility (ERASMUS) specialization of cadets (eg. universal officer vs. fire support officer) Individual Training J-7 integrated in J-1 reviewing individual training activities examining individual training opportunities abroad, were we can’t train nationally conducting individual training for PfP nations
E&IT Challenges Development of effective education and individual training quality control system Mobility and specialization of cadets E&IT in context of civilian education system Finding the training opportunities, where national E&IT capabilities are limited Implementation of E-learning
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